Portland Cement Works

HER Number

2506

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Portland Cement Works

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Cement Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Cement Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Portland Cement Works occupied part of the site of an earlier Blacking Manufactory (HER ref. 2224). It was not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so must have been built after 1855.

Easting

430190

Northing

565150

Grid Reference

NZ430190565150

Sources

<< HER 2506 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SW